Finnish Game Jam ry is organizing a game jam event at Assembly Summer. ASM JAM ’15 is open to everyone participating in Assembly Summer 2015. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/673752432769635/

How to participate:

• If you need a computer place: We have special jammer tickets available at the price of 40 euros which can be purchased from the Finnish Game Jam webshop (https://holvi.com/shop/FinnishGameJam/product/c9af13c992a596d8c623008529f9a901/).
• The Finnish Game Jam Association grants limited scholarships to the most enthusiastic jammers. Tell us why should you get a free place at ASM Jam and thine wish might just come true! Let us know by sending email to vesa.raudasoja@finnishgamejam.com at latest on July 14th.
• If you already have a computer place: It is possible to jam anywhere on the Assembly site. Just come to the ASM JAM info desk before the registration time ends, register your team and start jamming! If you want to be relocated to the jamming area let us know.

Teams are formed on site but you can come with a team. Game jams are about teamwork, meeting new friends and exploring new idea as well as an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded people.

Program:

The theme is announced on Thursday at 18.00 and jamming starts 19.00. You can start/join jamming until Friday 21.00. Game submitting deadline is on Sunday 09.00. The timetable is subject to change.

Got questions? Ask freely: vesa.raudasoja@finnishgamejam.com

Finnish Game Awards has awarded Finnish Game Jam ry as the Sensation of the Year 2014. FGJ ry was praised for its importance in promoting the hobby scene in the game development ecosystem. In 2014, the amount of both locations and jammers increased substantially, and the FGJ Bus was an interesting addition to the whole.

Other nominees in the category was eSports/SEUL and Pelitaito.fi.

We want to thank all the volunteers organizing the events as well as all the jammers participating in them. A special thanks both to the national and local sponsors making it possible to keep the events mostly free of charge. Finnish Game Jam would not be possible without you all.

Love and jam on!

Annakaisa Kultima, Vesa Raudasoja, Kosti Rytkönen and Tatu Laine from Finnish Game Jam ry were present at the Finnish Game Awards gala.

Finnish Game Jam to hold the online awards show for the first time

Finnish Game Jam 2015 was organized in January 23rd-25th 2015 as a part of the Global Game Jam 2015. World wide, the event gathered more than 20 000 game makers for one weekend to create games together from the scratch. Finland hosted the event in 15 different locations with almost 700 participants. This resulted in 175 games.

Although Finnish Game Jam is not a competition, Finnish Game Jam ry wants to praise creativity and give recognition to the games that show courage of creating something divergent for the world of games. Therefore FGJ ry will give out a few honorable mentions, which will be revealed in the awards ceremony.

The award ceremony will be an online gala, and everyone’s invited to participate!

• announcements of the Honorable Mentions of FGJ 2015
• special game developer guests playing this year’s FGJ games
• interviews with jammers, organizers and Charlie the Unicorn, the mascot of Finnish Game Jam.

You can follow the Twitch broadcast from http://www.twitch.tv/finnishgamejam, starting at 20:00 on Friday, 20th of March.

Dress code for the event (also at your home!): “black tie” or your creative choice. Take a picture of your attire and post it to twitter with hashtag #FGJAwards.

If you are interested in hosting a public screening of the gala at your hometown (list of screening events will be at https://www.facebook.com/FinnishGameJam/events) or have any other inquiries, please contact:
Annakaisa Kultima, aakoo@finnishgamejam.fi

The world’s biggest game jam is on the doorstep, and Finland is once again strongly involved: as many as 15 locations from Helsinki to Rovaniemi will gather jammers and create dozens of games during the last weekend of January.

See more information and updated news from the event page.

Finnish Game Jam ry co-organized a game jam, where a group of quantum physicists and game developers gathered to Tuorla Observatory in Kaarina to create games around quantum physics. In this world first Quantum Game Jam, the goal was to address real scientific problems – in just one weekend. Some of the games take advantage of the fulldome projection of the Tuorla Planetarium.

The event is organized in collaboration with the University of Turku, the University of Tampere and Finnish Game Jam ry.

The results will be presented at the Science Café on Sunday, 14th of December. The event is open for everyone. In addition to the showcases from the jam, the event will feature talks from Adj. Prof. Harry Lehto, Prof. Heikki Hämäläinen and sci-fi author Ph.D. Hannu Rajaniemi.

Global Game Jam has opened the registration for the locations of the next Global Game Jam. The next year’s biggest game jam event will have hundreds of locations from all over the world. If you want to organize a game jam in your town, you can apply now!

Finnish GGJ locations are part of the co-operation organized by Finnish Game Jam ry. If you have a brand new location for the next GGJ or you are not yet part of the co-operation for some other reasons, contact us to gain help, instructions and the support of your peers. Contact our president and coordinator Annakaisa Kultima (aakoo[a]finnishgamejam.fi) for further information.

Finnish Game Jam ry is organizing a game jam event at Assembly now for the second time. ASM JAM ’14 is open to everyone participating in Assembly Summer 2014. You can jam from wherever you wish inside the party venue with a normal ticket, or you can buy a special Game Jam computer place ticket which grants you a place near the other jammers.

The jam starts on Thursday at 18.00 and ends on Sunday at 06.00 but you can join whenever is suitable for you. Teams are made on site so join along by yourself or with friends.

The topic will be released on Thursday and it will be the same for everyone. The jam is a game development event, not a competition. That means you can go and try to create some of your wildest ideas. So, make a game in one weekend from an idea to a playable game. Qapla’!

The timetable is subject to change.

More info: vesa.raudasoja@finnishgamejam.fi

Due to the recently publicised eSport issues at Assembly 2014, Finnish Game Jam ry has halted the organising process of the ASM FGJ 14 game jam, which was to be held at Assembly 2014. We are waiting for a response from the Assembly organisers and will re-evaluate our participation based on that. Finnish Game Jam ry would like to officially state that it will not be part of any event which will support, directly or indirectly, fully or partially, any racist or sexist practices.

Finnish Game Jam ry furthermore urges anyone embracing the values of game jams – equality, inclusivity and collaboration – to not take part in or support any gaming related events which will not allow participation regardless of gender, race or sexuality.

Finnish Game Jam ry
Annakaisa Kultima
Tatu Laine
Maiju Suutari
Kosti Rytkönen
Vesa Raudasoja
Kati Alha
Teemu Vilén